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Somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin and non-immunoglobulin genes.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 29 Jan 2001
Storb U, Shen H M, Michael N, Kim N
Abstract excerpt
Somatic hypermutation (SHM) of immunoglobulin (Ig) genes is a highly specific mechanism restricted to B lymphocytes during only a few cell generations. Data presented here suggest that transcription of the target genes is required, but not sufficient for SHM. Presumably, cis-acting elements, such as those present in the Ig enhancers, are required to target a mutator factor (MuF) to Ig and human BCL-6 genes. It is...
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